Single extract from the album "Gibraltar" from Abd Al Malik and about 11th september 2001. This song was release in 2006.

Translation from Nightmare Theater.

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I began to rap before 9/11
My flow was already crazy when World Trade Center disappeared

I was really shocked and I swear
That if my faith wasnt so strong I would be ashamed to be Muslim
After that, we had to show the rest of the world
That we were only men
That even though some of us are crazy, the majority doesnt mix up politics with religion

I began to rap before 9/11
My flow was already crazy when World Trade Center disappeared

After 9/11, we were being accused
They asked themselves maybe they are all terrorists?
Cannons began to destroy Bagdad, people died in Spain
Our leaders began to complain
And Switzerland, in a TV show, mixed up politics with religion

I began to rap before 9/11
My flow was already crazy when World Trade Center disappeared

After that, I discovered suspicion
Suspicion is when someone is afraid
And the others dont try to help him feel better
Its when the one you were supposed to know becomes the one you dont know
The Netherlands murdered a child of a famous artist
France continued to say No
Europe has split into 2 parts: those
Those and the others who didnt want to mix up politics with religion

I began to rap before 9/11
My flow was already crazy when World Trade Center disappeared

This September 2001 I was convinced
That nothing will be like before any more
In a way, it was wonderful: the bean left the rye grass forever
And I began to preach for peace
So that all the people would consider themselves Humans
Humans which, of course, wont mix up politics with religion

We were going to deconstruct everything
Deconstruct with three D as Deleuze, Derrida and Debré
Neither fundamentalists nor extremists of the Islam or of the Laicisms
But all these explanations begin to be boring
Too complicated anyway
And to speak about me, I can say you that I dont mix up politics with religion

By the way, in the same month and the one that came after
the new album of Jay-Z : Blueprint had been released. A masterpiece
Also the 1st album of Wallen : à force de vivre. My wife who says no.
And the book by Jonathan Frenzen : The Corrections had been published
And me who did almost nothing, just working hard at home
Like someone who is changing the nappy of his little boy (less info)